ebrary expands non-English offering with new publishers and databases - December 19, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that it is forging ahead with its efforts to support non-English language programmes for customers around the world. The company is launching a new e-book subscription database, ebrary Nordic Collection, as well as recently acquired content from German publishers including… Read More
HighWire incorporates article-level metrics with ImpactStory - December 19, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has entered into a strategic collaboration with ImpactStory, a researcher led, non-profit organisation with a drive to help redefine the impact of research articles. Article level metrics monitor the conversations around an article, as a complement… Read More
Annual Reviews appoints Dr. Mark Fitzsimmons as Associate Editor-in-Chief - December 19, 2012
Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Fitzsimmons as Associate Editor-in-Chief. The role is a new addition to the publisher's executive management team. Annual Reviews' core goal is to accelerate researchers' and students' ability to… Read More
NFAIS announces early bird discounts for Annual Conference in February - December 18, 2012
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), US, has announced the early bird discounts for 2013 NFAIS Annual Conference, In Search of Answers: Unlocking New Value from Content. The event will be held from February 24 - 26, 2013 at the historic Hyatt at… Read More
Elsevier set to publish Journal of Social Studies Research - December 18, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has been selected by the International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) to publish The Journal of Social Studies Research (JSSR), beginning in January 2013. Published four times a year, The Journal of Social Studies Research is… Read More
Lexicomp updates Black Box Warnings component of Lexi-Data - December 18, 2012
Healthcare information service provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Lexicomp, a part of WK Health, has updated the Black Box Warnings component of Lexi-Data, providing clinicians with user-level categorised alert messages that contain actionable information pertaining specifically to that user type. … Read More
